Cut-out for vehicle motors



C. VOGT CUT-OUT FOR VEHICLE MOTORS Filed March 25. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1\f'IIIIIIIIIIIIII/rk' INVENTOR:

U1 arezwe V095,

25 51 -v M :12 30 ATTOIZI ZS.

1 1 psenea ea. 16, 1923;

CIiABENCE voem, 01+ wENoim nnw JEnsEY,' es-sienoa wovoctiiisnosa t rIERCOMPANY, OF rnILAp LrmA; rmmsynvama acoaronmroir on DELAWARE.

fT all mm it may e ma-' 'Be it known that 1,50

" citizen ofthe Unit-ed'Stateg'residingiinVile .nonah, in the countyof'Gloiic'ester and'State '5 Jet New Jersey, have invented certain? newandfil sefu'l' lmp'rovementsf in Cutouts for VehidefMoto'rs,whereof thefollowing isf'a' V specification, iefeifence'bein'ghad to theac-'coinpanying drawings.

. 0119 My invention'relates"t0ici1t-outs for Ve'-' Ihicle motors such'asare used in automobiles i Y andby aid of which'jthe exhanstgases from,theimotoi' ma whenidesir e'd, be -cau'seim disoha'i 'ge' "directly tothe atmosphe e vwit-1 54 11 Passing throughtheihufiien f Deyices of thecha aoter to which my inventlon pertains ordinarily compriseacas V ing'lwhich is fgener'allyljtublilaf"in formandi I 'iadaptedc to be interposedinthe exhaust'pipe at afconvenie'ntpointbetween"theinotor and themuffler; and a pivoted deflector element; 5

capable, *when in one 'position,--of obstruct;

7 ing passagethiough the casing and diYert -Z sing the e'xhauistflgases'directly l tof theat 2 mosphere; through 1 an I auxiliary openingwhichjis nor 'mai'lygmaintained closed bysaid deflector when in itsothei" position, ,It has -,I been the practice to construct the casingso parts "abutting inthe: plane lot the ia xisa f thea'uxiliary"discharge opening and? at night angles to the pivotal jaxis' otythedeflector element; :On account clof: suchconstruction the surface. aboutthe discharge"opening, against which the-'defiectorseated when'in" nomal position, Wasffor ned-joint1yfbytheir 7 V twoj 'seoti'ons or"the"casing; 'andfthe endfof' v the fulcrum rod, or more accuratelyspeaking, the trunnions ofithendeflector element;

49 had ofgne'cessity tobesupportedin 'the different casing sections. Onaccount] of in accuracies in casting,{diificu1ty has been ex periencednot only in: effecting proper Ig-j' istryfof the two casingmembers butalso i Q insecuringproper alignment of the 'twopora tions' of the seatabout "the discharge 'opening, and of the fulcrum supports. Asa con asequence, the deflector element would not properly seat against saidopening, thus.

{50 permittingfescape of some of the exhaust gasesandthenoisesincidental to theex plosions of the motor at the tiines When'the mnfllerwasto function. a

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*tached to the defiectorr'elenient in suchm'ianseems to be capable of-icenteringcitselfac cu rately with respect "to said vopeninggjf 1-Othef objects;andiadvantagesjofcmy iii-, yention will become apparentfrom the de-f 1 taileddescripti'on which followsi V v.

at th eii' outer ends sogas to p 'o'vide internal peripheral grooves foranyr'su'itable packing 7 7 he object of my invention'is otreroome thesediificulties;andthis 'acoomplishlhyso' I oiidei ing thefdii isionofithed'fftheut out thatfthfef. deflector element may be pivot: v

continuous; "According to zm inventiomfl tight clo snreof theauxili'ary.discharge openping isrenderedgabsolutely poslt'ive.bysprovision ofia sepafateivaiivedisk which is'za't- "ed-to biit on'e'ofits component sections; and .n l furth'ei'I-imre byprovidingthe'anxiliary dis 7' charge opening wholly within the same"scis tionrsof that itsseatmay be, made absolutely f-ln' the"drawingsflFigi 'l is aplanhview; of a: out-out Vstructureconvenientlyembody: I

ingmyfi'nvention; 5}: V 7 I Fig. Ilris aside. elevation'ofthe same asviewed fromjthe bottom ofFig; I.

;;Fig. I V is a c ross;sectionahview-V ofithein Fig. III; a V

Figs VI: :and VII are" perspectivel views {of the eoinoonentcaslngQs'ections of the mutfie iic'ut out structure;

. ',.;The' organization 'herein-repr e'sentedi in-;, eludes acasing;comprehensively"indicated atf l, shown'asgbe'ing formediof' twosec-* f v 7 ime and 3.;Said sections'are preferably"V 1 fistamped of{sheet ni'et'al': andyso-configuredl asto afford 'jointly, a,throughconduit haw ing a centrai; chamber 5 whosecross section,

as shown iiilFig; V, is'lrectangulansSaid quadrangular chamber5:,asciearl-y shown, is interposed between axialv cyhndrlc'ai, end

shown) 7 of an internal combustion motor. The neck pOftlQHsfiffiflIBbeaded as at 7, 7

'9 jo flneck port'i'onsi6, 6; which "are. adap'ted to j IQCGiV G 'SQCtIOHS of the-exhaust pipe. :(not' I" which may be interposed linvattaching the V exhaust pipe sections; As best shown in Fig. V

for'medfl'with comparatively, narrow, a laterresponding flanges 12,13ofthe lowercasi-ngseetion f3 (see Fi 'sgy and' 'vll). The flanges willhe noted, are 3 wider ,VL the upper section 2 of thegcasing jis I 7 i ,7aib extending flanges: 10, 11 which-inthe 'assemblageiof *the structure.rest against c0r fss J40 j passa e'of' than the flanges of thesectioii ithat they may be turned up as shown Fig VII and over upon theflanges 10,.11

i 'to secure" thej'two parts together, as indicated 'in Fig. V. Aftoneside' o1 thecasing,

centrally of the neck portions ,(ij ilfiygthe [flanges 10, 12ftherespectiye' casing' sec tions have depressions 15, ad-apte'ch'avhenin registry to form hollow {bosses which 10 screws for securing maybeth'readed, a's shown, to receive clamp the -.m,uflier; to the i 6X'ihaust pipe section's;v ,The flange; 12"0 5 the the flower casingsection .l 3 which lseratesf'as the bottom of the chamber, 5 :is pitchedat-aslight inclination to :the horiz ontal jjand has a circular.opening'20' Whose periphery is-be-velcd to afiord a seat for avalveavhich will presently be described; Saldop enlng Laser-vies as anauxiliary outlet throughwhich the exhaust gases from the :motor ,may "bedischarged vdirectly: to. thetatmosphere when the muffler is to:befcntsont; Such discharge is controllable by means of adeflectingelean ent 21 whichqnormallyoccupies the post tion showninfFigplll, so -as"t'otperinit' di- .rect passege of theexhanst gasesthrough theicasing;but' which may be; swnnggnps Y j Wafdly about! its ffilcrum axis 22 to; the;

dotted positionshown in said figure; sol as i to: obstruct for occludethe direct flow or i the" exhaust gases i-through .-"the 1 v vnd deflectthem downwa-rdly toes v fleape through the opening20 The' element 2leorresponds iii-width to thatof the"chainffber 5, and-its} upwardmovement is limited bythe-striking of its forward: edge-against j thetop Wall :of said chamber.. The: axis casing:

or.,-- fulorum rod 22 of the element 21' is supported forgrotationWholly by the lower casing imember 3, and-1s secured ment21-,'pre1"e-rably, by means 7 or a pin: such es shownnt The element2l ocarries I dished valve disk 25' whichhascentral.

apertnre 2G littingloosely"about the rednced end olf a shouldered stud27 that the and l1as capacity f0r a limitedindependent motion 7 tocenterit'self accurately insengagso -that all the exhanst gases fromthe-motor,

ing-vt he' beveledi'seat of the auxiliaiyidis chargeopening 2 O.--;-By,th1s arra em a perfect' seal of the opening is obtained, so

Without any leakage whatever, ar ifobii' to said ele- 'llhe ends of thetalc-ruin rod 22 protrude 0 tie exterior of the casing to a'l'iordattacnment, atone side, for an operating lQVQl" v 30. Said levenispreferably bent-up outof a single piece oi 'metal'to the form clearlyshownin Fig-il and provided with a s t screw 31 by'which it may besecured indifferent adjusted positions on said rod. 7 To the oppositeprotruding end of the rod 22 is attached an arm 32 constructed similarto the lever and likewise securablei in diff} 'i erent adjust-edpositions by means of a set screw 33. Spanned under tension between thejonter elnd 'ofihe arm {32 and an integral, ,lng'Bloft-he lower; casingmember 3 ,is a

coiiedfspriiig which scryes to maintain athe"defiector element21 and theattached Y valve disk 25 normally in; the position shownin the? crosssection oof'Fig. Ill; 7 The 86 tures 36 tor {sele'ctii eattachment toany" suitable;actuat1ng-treadle such as ord nannl'y associated withdevices of th s character ie'verB'Qis provided with. a series of .a oer;

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Having thus, described -my invention, I claim? ings whichiiarethreadedto receive anchorrngmenibersffor attaching the device to ayehicle, one section having falateral open'; V med rtherein and a,Val'vememberto close said opening. I

. A mufiler cutout comprising a pair for semi-cylindrical sheet {metalsections for arrangement n opposed-relat on to form a jcondn'it fiangesformedon the edges of each sectiom: pressed. out portions'in a pair'ofcontacting. flanges forming openings edapt;

ed to receive-anchoring membersgto secure the demo e to;'awzehicle,anopening formedin one; section, and a valveformin'g a clo-g sureforisaidopeningh i j A'muflier cut-out comprising a twopart sheet metalcasing having a pressed out portion forming av chamber, one sectionhaving valveseat opening formed with; an out-turned curvedcdge, adeflecting leaf pivoted in the; Clltl-IHbBl,-il-I1Cl a'disk alve-ofsheet-"metal pivoted centrally to :theloa'l and having an inwardlyourvedzperiphery directed oppositely to theenr'ved; edge of said openingto seat thereagainst, i

one-flange haying semi-circular pressed out portions cooperating withsimilar pressed lit 4 v V v v p l 'toc hold theparts of thecasingtogether,

to pass through the mufiier, when the: parts are'in the position shownin III.

out portions on the contacting flange, the

latter having cut away portions between which the adjacent pressed outportions of the opposing flange are received to prevent longitudinalrelative movement of the' oasing parts, and a valve cont-rolled aperturein said compartment 5; A mufiier cut-out oonstructed of sheet metalcomprising a two part casing defining a rectangularcompartment having, avalve opemng therein, a shaft ournalled in the compartment, a valvecarried by the shaft to control the opening, said shaft having itsendsextending beyond the casing, a U-shaped arm having its terminalsapertured to receive one end of the shaft, a

set screw threaded through the U-shaped I part of the arm and engagingthe shaft, a j lug extending from the casing, a springspanned betweenthe'oasin'g leg and the arm,

and an arm havingja Jr-shaped terminalend adjustably fixed to the otherend of the aforesaid shaft for rotating the same. I

6. A mufiier cut-out comprising a pair of sheet metal sections eachhaving longitudr' nal flanges for mutual engagement, contact flanges atone side hav ng-pressed out portions defining openings whose axesintersect the longitudmal axis of the casing,

whereby saidrecesses may be threaded to receive anchoringstuds. I 7

In testimony 'WhGIeOfQ'I have hereunto I i JAMES H. BELL

